Window or the like



Feb. 14, 1928.

. D. B. WHISTLER WINDOW on THE LIKE' Filed March 26. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 ;?i MATTORNEY.

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D. B. WHISTLER WINDOW OR THE LIKE Filed March 26. 1924 5 Sheets-$heet 5 Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT DAVID B. WHISTLER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

WINDOW OR THE LIKE.

Application filed March 26, 1924. Serial No. 702,368;

This invention relates to improvements in windows having reference to double-hung windows in which the sash have both the usual vertical sliding adjustment and an inward pivotal adjustment. The present invention isan improvement of the construction set forth in my copending application Ser. No. 672,807 filed Nov. 5, 1923. j p The objects attained in windows of this character consist in a straight-line vertical alignment of the sash which gives uniform depth to the window casement and overcomes the objectionable overlappin of the sash, as in the common type of double-hung windows, at their meeting rails. The straight-line arrangementof the sash also results in the upper sash acting as a brace for the lower sash, when the window is closed, thus providing a construction in which the window is more securely closed, that is to say, the window cannot-readily be forced open from outside. A further advantage consists in the adaptabilityof windowshaving the sash arranged in this man- 2 ner for effective weatherrproofing without using metal weather stripping, or parts other than enter into regular construction, the highly important feature of weathering being thus provided without added cost of production. p

The main objects attained in the angular adjustments of the Windows consist in i1n-.

angular adjustment ofthe windows consists in the convenient accessibility of the outer surface of the sash for cleaning, both sash being adapted to. be turned inwardat any convez'nent angle, without interference with screens, thus enabling cleaning of both sides of the glass from inside.

Other characteristics of the improved windows consist in provision for removal of the sash from the frames without removing or loosening of the window stops or strips,

in the interlocking of the sash withthe win-" dow frame, when the window is closed, thus providing for an anti-rattle adjustment of a new product.

of the A further advantage.

the sash, and serving also to make fully effective the provision for weather-proofing.

The object of the present invention 18 to provide means for more effective control of the windows, having particular reference to control of the sash in their angular adjustment, to improve and cheapen the gen eral construction, to improve the appearance, and generall to provide those refinements which come with the commercializationof To this end, the improved window as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as

described in the herein detailed specification,

and as defined and comprehended in the appended claims, comprises a form of con struction in which the objects of the invention as herein set forth are achieved.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an inside elevation of the win-i dow partially in section rangements;

Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of a side I ndow frame, or stile, including details of onstruction Fig. 3 is the same viewasjFig. 2 including the sash. in the frame; j Fig. 4 is the same view asFig.-3 illusto show detail artrating adjustmentslof the sash;

Fig.,5is adetail sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 1:; j

Fig. 6. is a detail sectional line. (i-60f Fig. 1

Fig. 7 is an inside elevation of "one of the window stiles, with the sash in position, i1- lustrating a 'modified form of construction. Fig. 8 is a detail sectionalview taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 7; i

view taken on Fig. 9 is a further detail illustrating the sash latching mechanism shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 2 1Q is a detail assembly-view ot'the window locking mechanism; i

Fig. 11, is a. detail sectional View on line 11l1 of Fig. 1 illustrating a feature of the window locking mechanism. r j Fig. 12. is a sideelevation of the window frame, withthe sashesassembled therein, i1- lustrating a modified form of preferred construction. j j g j Figs. 13, 14:, lfiiand 16 areidejtail views illus'tratingl a modified arrangement for .coni necting e weight cordsto theisash. The improved window as here shownconsists of thetrame, comprising the opposite stiles l, stool or. si ll 2, and top cross frame 3,. the (casing, orltr1m,-consisting of the side weather beads 10, opposite inner stops 11 set to the upper sash, and the means provided; for interlocking. the sash one with the other d; it t e f ame- The s a e count bal'anced by means of sash weights 12 connected to the sash preferably by means of wire cables 13 operableover sheaves 14t15, the of the cables 155 being connected by means ofslotted anchor plates 16 to the sides of'the sash 89', the arrangement as shown consisting in, counterbalancing both sash, with a single weight on a side, thus requiring the use of'thedouble-sheaves 15 T he upper sashisconnected to counterweightslQ, as above described, by means of the cables 13 which pass through a clearance space 13:?- in the sash rails asillustrated in Fig. 5 to the anchor plate 16, the sash being adaptedto slide between the weather beads 10 and, stops 11. The lower sashis connected to the counterweights also. as describechisaligned vertically by the opposite weatheribeads 10, and is further connected to the window frame by means of grooves 17 in the opposite. frames, and pivot studs 18, fixed in plates 18 and secured; to the oppositalower corners of'the sash, and adapted to project laterally into and slide freely in the grooves 17, the grooves being deflected angularly in their lower course as indicated at 1, hi h. se s. d ect. he s v n, ward out of'the plane of the upper sash for t sal adj s m t, t angula P025011. Qt

the. grooves being reinforce d1, as here shown, by metal plates 19' securedfto the frames along the outer edges of the grooves. The upper course of the grooves 17'1is in vertical plane, substantially on a center line be; tween stops 11 and outer. stops 20 secured to the oppositesidesof the frame and serving to guide the lower sash in its vertical ad justment. 7

By the describedarrangement provision is made, as illustrated in the drawings, for both vertical and angular adjustments of the lower-sash independently of th'eupper sash. To provide for the angular adjustments of the sash, the cables 1-3 are connected? to the sash at a point intermediate the upper corner-s and the horizontal center line of; the sash, thus to obtain a leverage tocounterbalance to some extent the weight of the sash, in its angular adjustment, with the sash-weights 12, thereby providing for easy; adjustments ofthe-sash as it rotates on the pivots 18-, and forthecontrol of the sash bythe weights, by means. of the cables 13, through an angular adjustment of 90 or more. The vertical adjustment of the sash is very much the same as that on an ordinary window, except that the sash first swings inward in line with the space between stops 11 and 20, the lower end of the sash, by reason of its pivotal connection therewith, following the course of the grooves 17;. V

To adapt the sash and, counterweight cables 13, to both the vertical and angular adjustments of the lower'sash, the inner sheaves 14 are set within the plane of stops 11, the stops being provided with rabbets 2'1, as best shown, in detail Fig. 5, along their outer edge adjacent the window frame to receive the cables which together with sheaves. 14 are thus out of the path of thelower sash in its upward movement and also out of) View, thereby effecting neatness of appearance.

the upper sash, stops 11 are provided attheir lower ends with inner clearances 22 and the inner lower corners ofthe uppersash are provided with clearances 28'- and' the outer upper cornersof the lower sash with- To adapt the cables 13 to the vertical alignment ofthe lowersash with clearance 24, for the cables to adapt the samethrough their; normal flexibilit to yield sufliciently, against the pull 0- the counterweightsthereon, to permit easy closingof; the window.

ll hen the lower sash is adjusted inward beyond the. plane of thewindow frame, as illustrated in Fig. 4-, the sash cables 1'8 are drawn into engagement with clamping devices Q P" secured to the lower ends of stops 2() which are provided with clamp nuts 25- the sash through its angular adjustments is:

free and easy to accomplish, as thesash and weights 12 counterbalanceonc another to the desired extent determined by the location of the cable anchor plates 16.

The upper sash also is capable of the same angular adjustments as the lower sash, as illustrated by the dotted outline position of the sash in 4. In the angularposition of the sash, as illustrated, both sash will be in a convenient position forcleaning, the sash being turned inward and cleaned one at a time without interference one with the other, also without interference with the screen 26 which is shown in position in the window frame inFig. 4.

The position of the lower sash indicated" by dotted outline in Fig. 4:. is one of a pluality' ofpositionsto which the sash can be Ill with the novel feature of having both locks controlled by an intermediate knob or finger piece secured to the sash rail and connected with the locks 29 by means of an ex" tension rod 31, the rod being connected to the bolts 32 of locks 29 in any suitable manner, as indicated in Fig. 6, to provide each bolt 32 with limited :lree movement llldfi pendent or rods 31, thus providing for further projecting either, or both bolts 32 by means of finger pieces 33, after the window has been normally locked by inanipulation of the intermediate knob 'it), the arrangement serving effectively to maintain anti-rattle conditions or the sash in their closed relation, and also to make more ef fective the provisions for weathering oi' the window which will be further described in detail. From the detailed illustrations of the window lock it will be obvious that both locks will be opened simultaneously by operating knob 80 in the opposite direction.

To provide for neatness of construction relative to the sash rail which carries the window locks, and simplemechanical an rangements, the operating knob 30, as here shown is connected toextension rod 31 by a rack and gear 41, as best shown in the detail assembly of the parts in Fig. 10; oneend of the rod bein secured to one of the bolts 32 by means of a rigid arm 34land a slot and pin connection 35 which provides for limited free longitudinal movement of bolt 32 above referred to, the other end of 1O 31 being connected to the opposite bolt 32 by a pivoted link 36 which serves to reverse the direction of movement of bolts 82 one relative to the other, thus causing both bolts to i be projected and retracted in unison.

The provisions for weathering of the window consist of the weather beads 10 which, as best shown in detail Figs. 5 and 6, are formed of two pieces arranged to form a rabbet 10 which is adapted to fit a rabbet 10 of the sash, the upper rail of the upper sash being provided with a groove 9 adapted to lit a tongue 3 secured to the up per frame member 3, the lower rail of the lower sash being provided with a rabbet 8 fitted to a rabbet 2 in the stool 2, the meeting rails of the upper and lower sash being cut angularly one relative to the other, the upper rail having a weather drip strip 9* and the lowerrail a finishing strip 8 to close the meeting rail juncture between the sash.

From the foregoing detail description of the window construction relative to weathering, it will be seen that the window as closed will have both sash pri sed in close relation with the weather bead-i 10, the double rab bets 10 and lO" providing contact surfaces on four edges, with the sash interlocked with the window frames by the locks 29, this ad justment of the sash also serving to effect a close fitting relation of the sash at the meeting rails as well as at the rabbet joint be tween the lower sash and the stool and the tongue and groove connection ofthe upper sash with the upper cross frame.

A further detail which contributes materially to the ell'ective weather-proofing ol. the windows consist in the grooves 13 which,

as stated, serve as clearance spaces for the sash cable and the further practical purpose of preventing capillary attraction of moisture through the rabbet joints and iurther as drain ducts for any moisture findmg its way into the oints and also as dead air pockets or channels actingto minimize seepage of air through the joints.

The interlocking of the sash, one with the other, is accon'iplished by means of a tongue 39, fastened to the stem 4-0 to which gear l-l is secured and coacting with a slot 39 in the adjacent edge of the sash rail of the upper sash 9. .lliu s when the mechanism associated with knob 30 is manipulated to interlock the lowersash with the window frame the sash will also be interlocked one with the other i which has the efi'ect of forming a rigid relationship between the St sh. the sash and the frame, and the sash and the weather beads with the result, as above stated, that an cfiective anti-rattle, weathered closing ol the window is accomplished.

A further detail im} novement is provided, as shown in the several figures of the draw ings, by providing latch plates 37, secured to the opposite stiles, and provided with a series of vertically extended apertures 38 which are adapted to be engaged by the lock bolts 32 to lock the window in a selected position in its vertical adjustment, the arrangement serving as an element of safety, having particular reference to a safeguard for children when the windows are open and also to prevent further opening of the win dows from outside.

The modified construction illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the drawings consists in substituting adjustable stops 42 for grooves 17 to coact with the lower sash in ing accomplished by means of slip, tongues.

45, being apart of locks 29 extended downward and engaging a keeper 4% in metal caps 412 secured to the upper ends of stops 42. Also: associated with caps 42* are pizvoted spring catches 46 having their inner free.

ends adapted to be engaged in a cannning action by the tapered ends 49 of lock. bolts 32.; the outer ends of the catches being provided. with a lateral extension 47 adapted cause tongue 15 to again freely engage the keeper at when the sash, is lowered. A spring 50: acts. on catches 16 to cause the same to coact with lock bolts 32 and plates 52 in themanner described.

A further modification of the construction illustrated in Fig. 7 consists in providing clearances; for the sash cords to the lower sash along the inner edges of the side sash rails of the upper sash, as indicated at instead of in stops 11, the inner sheave 14- being located accordingly to direct the cord in a straight line. This arrangement serves to bringthe cord on a. more direct line between, the sash to its point of connection with the lower sash, and thus to relieve to a greater extent the pressure on the cordv by the lower sash when the window is closed. The arrangement, also is somewhat more ef fective to conceal the cords from view as the same are farther removed inwardly from the open clearance spaces in stops 11.

The modified construction illustrated in Fig. 12 is a preferred form tending to the elimination ot'parts, neatness of appearance, ease and smoothness of operation, and lower cost of production. The arrangement as shown consists in extending the lower sashguide grooves: 17 to the top of the stiles 1, thus providing a guide for theupperportion of the sash as well when the sash is adjusted vertically, the sash being brought into coacting relation with the upper extensions of the-grooves by projecting the lock bolts 32 into the grooveswhich has the effect of controlling the upper portion of the sasa in its, upward movement, and at the same time maintaining a free and easy movement of thesash, lock. plate-27 being slotted as at 28 to adapt bolts to enter grooves 17 freely in the initial step of tlieupward. movement.

The further modification illustrated in 12 consist-sin adapting the sash pivot plates 18" to serve also as means for connect ing the ends-0t the sash cords, or cables 13,

1 the plates being made longer and provided adjacent their upper ends with; slots to re ceive the knotted ends of the cords.

This

serves. to bring the cord. connections rela ated, in the angular adjustments. thereof,-

with greater ease, and also to limit the inward (llSPlEtCGIIlGDlS of the cords to within the plane 015 thewindow frame.

Also in. the modified arrangement illustrated in Fig. 12, the clearance 22', forthe sash cords provided in sash stops 11. is much shorter, extending as illustrated inthe drawing only a short distance upward. from the lower ends of the stops, this modification: serving to more effectively conceal the, cords when the window is closed and to reduce the amount of cord exposed when the Win.- dow is open at an angle.

The modified construction illustrated in. 13 to 1'6 for connecting the weight cords it] to the sash: comprises a sash' socket having a flange 55, and. a cylindrical sleeve 56 the flan e and. sleeve 136111 provided with an irregular shaped slot 57 adapted to receive the sash cord 13,. the socket heme: adapted to be secured to the sashes by means of screws, the flange 55'- bei-ng set ilush with the edges of the sash rails. Sleeve 50 is adapted. to receive a cord lug 58 drilled and counterbored as at. 59-60 receive the knotted end-of the sash. cord. are similar in construction to. a bayonetlock, part 58 being adapted. to rotate freely in. part 56with the sash cord. free to move in the circumferentially extended portion of slot 57, and also having free movement relative to. sash grooves 13 the cords lying within the grooves as the window is closed. The free movement of the sash cordswith lugs 58 and relative to. sockets 5 L serves'to prevent bending of the cords (wire cables being used, as here shown) at their points of connection with the sash and thus to prevent crystallization andbreaking of the cords.

A further modification is also shown in Fig. 12 in connection with the relation of the sash cords to. stops 11, a guide pulley 62, secured to a. plate 61 by means of a screw stud 63,.beingused as here shown to control the cord in the angular adjustment of both sash.

The operation. of the sash in the above described modified construction is substantially the same. as in. the preferred form of construction illustrated in the other figures of the drawings,.tlie stops 4:2 as stated, serving merely as a, substitute for grooves 17 for controlling the lower portion. of the lower sash in the adjustments thereof.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1; A window including in combination with double-hung sash arranged vertically The parts as assembled on the sash loo inv alignment one with the other, opposite weather beads secured to the window frame outwardly adjacent the sash, opposite inner cords to an intermediate point of connection with the lower sash, means associated with the window frame, spaced from said upper sash stops and coacting therewith to guide the lower sash when said lower sash is adjusted vertically, and means secured to said sash and coacting with the frame to guide the lower portion of the sash in said vertical adjustmentthereof.

2. A window including in combination with double-hung'sash arranged vertically in alignment one with the other, opposite weather beads secured to the window frame outwardly adjacent the sash, opposite inner stops secured to the window frame adjacent the upper sash, grooves formed in said stops, the window cords for the lower sash running in said grooves, means acting to deflect said cords to intermediate points of connection 1n the opposite side edges of the lower sash, means associated with the window frame spaced from said upper sash stops and coacting therewith to guide the lower sash when said lower sash is adjusted vertically, and means interposed between said sash and the window frame and coacting therewith to deflect the sash inward to a plane parallel with the upper sash in said vertical adjust mentthereof.

3. A window including in combination with double-hung sash arranged vertically in alignment one with the other, opposite weather beads secured to the window frame outwardly adjacent the sash, opposite inner stops secured to the window frame adjacent the upper sash, grooves formed in said stops, the window cords for the lower sash running in said grooves, means acting to deflect said cords to intermediate points of connection with the opposite edges of the lower sash, and means comprising a vertically extended groove in the frame and a part secured to said sash and coacting slidably with said groove to deflect the sash inward to a plane parallel with the upper sash and to guide the lower sash in said vertical adjustment thereof.

4. A window including in combination with double-hung sash arranged vertically in alignment one with another, means acting normally, as the window is closed, to retain the sash in said alignment including opposite inner stops for the upper sash, clearance provided in said stops to confine a portion of the sash cords and their sheaves, means provided in said sash to deflect the sash cords within the plane of the lower sash to intermediate points of connection in the opposite side edges thereof, saidlower sash being adapted to be adjusted inward angularly, and means coacting with said sash cords to counteract the pull of the sash weights thereon and to support said sash in a selected position in said'angular adjustment thereof. a

5. A window including in combination with "double-hung sash arranged vertically in alignment one with another, means acting normally, as the window closed, to retain the sash in said alignment including oppo site inner stops for the upper sash, clearance provided in said stops to, confine a portion of the sash cords and their sheaves, clearance provided in said sash to deflect the sash cords within the plane of the lower sash to intern'iediate points of connection in the opposite side edges thereof, said lower sash being adapted for both vertical and angular adjustments relative to the window frame and means to interlock the sash with said frame in selected position in: both of said adjustments.

6.- A window including in combination with a sash adapted to be adjusted relative to the window frame, means to interlock the sash with said frame including opposite lock bolts secured to the sash, intermediate mechanism connected to the lock bolts by intervening members and operable to project said bolts to effect said interlocking relation thereof with the frame, and means to further project said bolts independently of said intermediate mechanism.

7. A window including in combination with a sash,means for adjusting the sash including grooves in the opposite jambs of the window frame, guide members secured to the opposite side edges of the sash and operable in said grooves, sash cords and slip joints connecting the cords to the sash, whereby upon disconnecting said joints and turning the sash at an angle the guide members will be moved out of said grooves and the sash freed of the jambs.

8. A window including in combination with upper and lower sash adapted tobe adjusted vertically one relative to the other, opposite grooves in the window jambs spaced inwardly from the sash and extended parallel therewith, said grooves having lower reinforced terminals extended downwardly and outwardly from the grooves, connections between the lower portion of the lower sash and said groove terminals acting to deflect said sash laterally, and means for connecting the upper portion of said. sash with said grooves for guiding the sash in the vertical adjustment thereof.

9. A window including in combination with a sash having an angular and a slidble adjustment relative to the window frame, a window lock comprising a plate secured to the window frame and having a series of apertures therein, a bolt supported on said sash and adapted to be moved setures whereby to adjust the sash angularly,

a guide groove for the sash extending up ward from said plate one of said apertures being open to the edge of said plate and aligned with said groove whereby to adapt the sash when the lock bolt is in engagement with said open aperture to be moved into slidable relation with said groove.

10. A window including in combination with a sash adapted to be adjusted vertically and angu'larly rabbets formed in the outer side edges of the sash, sash cords extended into and confined in said rabbets, sleeves slotted for receiving the sash cords and'secured at an intermediate point 1n the opp0 site edges of the sash intersecting the rabbets axially at right angles thereto, and lugs secured to the ends of the sash cords and supported in said sleeves.

11. A window including in combination with a sash adapted to be adjusted vertically and angularly, rabbets formed in the outer side edges of the sash, sash cords extended into and confined 1n said rabbets,

sleeves slotted axially and eireuinferentially for receiving the sash cords and seeured at intermediate points 111 the edges of the sash intersecting the rabbets axially at right angles thereto and lugs secured to the ends 7 ot the sash cords and supported rotatably DAVID B. VHISTLER. 

